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Friday, January 22, 2010

The Blue Jays finally lock up Shawn Hill

We say that they "finally" signed him, because the Jays seem to put a lot of effort into signing this guy who has put forth such underwhelming results over his five year career (218.1 IPs over five seasons, and he's a starter). Isn't this the second or third time they've tried to sign him?

Hill's coming off Tommy John surgery in June, and has missed significant time over his career to injury. And while he's rebuffed the Jays' advances in the past, the good Canadian boy now sees fit to bring his broken down carcass back to top side of the border. Welcome back, son! The Timbits are over by the chesterfield!

If nothing else, at least we won't have to hear Bob Elliot breathlessly describe Hill's potential and his super-duper Canadianess. But on the down side, his presence on the team would necessitate Aaron adding a letter to the back of his jersey to distinguish between the Hill boys. And frankly, we'd rather just toss Shawn on the scrap heap rather than having our aesthetic sensibilities offended by an "A. Hill".

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Spring training's going to be like the Indians in Major League. A bunch of hacks trying to make roster spots. Maybe ownership secretly wants to relocate to Miami! Suc les bleu! No worries though, in the end they'll all come together. We should sign Delgado to play the part of that voodoo guy cause he looks like him. "Hit fastball very good"

I was a pitcher and despite the fact that I started throwing curveballs at the age of 12 and was abused to the point where I actually started both games of a double header once, I'm pretty sure it's Brad Arnsberg's fault that I eventually hurt my arm.

.364 and .360 wOBA offense in 2007 and 2008. Coupled with excellent defence in right, he's worth a hell a lot more than $3.5m. He struggled with two injuries last year. His decline in 2009 was a bit steep to chalk up to any sort of age related decline.

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Hopefully Hill can earn some walks. Hopefully, The Manager will be persuaded by AA (or SOMEBODY) to put Overbay at the top of the lineup vs RHP. Hopefully they see McCoy's value (can play almost every position, high OBP, fast as fuck). Hopefully they realize that Ruiz deserves a shot. Hopefully, they allow Snider to play every day.